[Tutor] SocketObject.close() question

[Jörg Wölke]

> Hello tutors,
> 
> to restart the xmlrpc-Server on the same port i get the message  
> socket.error: (48, 'Address already in use'). After 1-2 minutes it´s 
> 
> possible to reuse the server on that port again ? Is this behavior 
> considered normal 

yes.

> or am I wrong in closing the socket by using 
> socket.close() ?
> I´m on a Mac OsX 10.1.2 - is this a system library dependent behaviour 
> ?

man setsockopts 
/SO_REUSEADDR

IIRC

> thanks for your support,, andreas
> 

HTH,HAND
and Greetings J"o!

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